[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : PHI@ 1/13/2005 3:35:24 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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FFAPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
239 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
DELAWARE PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-
MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...CAMDEN...
NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...READING...
TRENTON AND WILMINGTON
239 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY
...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA.

IN NEW JERSEY...

SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX.
..CAMDEN AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON.

IN DELAWARE...

NEW CASTLE

IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

CECIL

* UNTIL 100 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A STRONG COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE
EASTWARD TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.  THIS FRONT
WILL USHER IN A RETURN TO MUCH COLDER AIR OVER THE REGION.  

WARM...MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND
AS THE FRONT PASSES...1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION.  THIS RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN A FEW HOURS TIME AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST.  ALSO...ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SNOW MELT FROM SEVERAL DAYS OF
WARM TEMPERATURES WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. HIGH FLOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS MANY RIVERS.  

THE RAIN SHOULD END BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES BY.  

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING, PAY SPECIAL 
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS OVER THE 24 HOURS OR SO. EVEN 
WITHOUT STREAM FLOODING, THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER RAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ADDITIONAL 
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.



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